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G. F. RITOHEL.

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Patented Now-.2, 1886 II III IIII CHARLES 1i is aside elevation of one of the frame-bars of I of the roller-ratchet of the driving-gear. Fig.

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Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and.

the following is a specification.

1 mounting of the pivots ,of the motive train,

UNITED S AT S PATENT OFFICE...

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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' SP EQIF ICATIO N forming part of Letters Patent li'o. 352,068, dated'November 2, 1886.

Application filed May 6, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be t known that I, CHARLES F. RITcHEL,

a c1t1zen of the United States, residing at State of Connecticut, have invented new and. useful Improvements in'Toy- Motors,of which My invention consists ofimprovements in the contrivances of springmotive power for toy carriages, having for its object to provideefticient durable machineshaving long range of operation for each setting, and at the sametime being simpleand cheap to construct, all

ing made to the accompanying drawings, in which-- p Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation ofgmy improved toy-motor carriage. Fig. 2

the motive apparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan of the. motive apparatus inverted. Fig. 4 is a detail 5 is a section on the line as x of Fig. l.

The motive apparatus consists of the clockspring contrivan'ce having the coiled spring a, master-wheel b, one or more intermediate .pinions, 0, and. wheels 11, and the pinion e on the driving-axle f, the spring being fastened at its inner end to the fixed shaft 9, and at'its outer end to the master-wheel b.

My invention consists, first, in the contrivance of the bearing-frame for simplicity in the and for attachment of said frame to the car riage; second, in the contrivance for mounting the axle-driving pinion; and, third, in the winding-up clutch, as follows:

I make said frame'of two (preferably cast, but they may be stamped) plates, h, having right-angle ends, 4;, terminating in perforated ears j, parallel to the plates, and serving to connect said plates together by a rivet through each pair, parallel to each other and at the required distance apart to form a rectangular frame. For the rivets to connect the plates I use eyelets z, for the greater ease of heading them in the fragile plates of the frame, which would be liable to break in the more severe These frameplates have the pivot-bearings'k for the driving-axle f also, bearings lfor the intermediate SerialNo.201.281. (No model.)

wheel, d, and pinion c, and also bearings m for the shaft of the master-wheel, all arranged so that the axles or pivots enter the bearings nrroHEL, or jBnrncnronr, ooNNEoTioUTfAssIe on TO JoHn- V STON, TALLMAN aoo,

when the frame-plates are placed together, and 5 5 are secured in their places when the frame is fastened together. at the ends. The masterwheel shaft is then riveted; or it maybe fitted in square holes to prevent turning when the spring, which is hooked onto it at n, is wound 66' up. This makes a very simple contrivance for mounting the working-gears, and an equal- 1y simple contrivance for mounting the frame in and securing it to the bed-plate 0 of the machine, and also for the mounting of the master- 6 5 wheel and spring, which, owing to the size it is desired to make them, have to be too large to be set under the bed-plate, where it is desirable to set-the driving-axle, and also the in termediate wheel that carries the winding- 70 post. I- make said frame-bars with a vertical offset at 19 equal, or thereabout, to the vertical breadth of said bars; also, with the flanges g on the lower edges of the higher parts, and

also with the attaching-lugs s on the upper edge of the lower parts of said bars, so that with a slot or opening through the bed-plate of length and breadth corresponding to the dimensions of the frame,except the connectingear lugs and flanges, theframe, with the machinery attached, is readily applied to the bed-plate by inserting the connecting-lugs of the higher or front end of the frame through the slot from below, andletting them bear on the upper surface of the bed-plate at the end of the slot and bringing the flanges q and the lugs 8 up against the lower surface of said plate, and the securing of the frame is effectually accomplished by simply bending the cliptongues t previously cutin the bed-plate around 0 the lugs s to hold them up against the bedplate, and also, in conjunction with the earlugs of the front end of the frame resting on the, upperv surface of the bed-plate, to hold flanges (1' up to said bed-plate.

I propose to dispense with the ordinaiy ratchet-wheeland click-pawl used to connect the spring and master-wheel, so that the spring may be wound up without turning the machine backward, both for the purpose of substituting a less expensive and more durable clutch, and also for so locating the clutch that the loo pivot of the intermediate wheel and pinion may be used for the connection of the winding-key for the benefit of the easier winding which the leverage of the pinion and masterwheel affords.

The clutch which I use, and which I locate on the axle f, consists of the plain rollers a in the notches c of the pinion e, withthe washer w on the axle at one side of the pinion to act in conjunction with the frame-bars h at the other side of said pinion to keep the rollers in the notches, which notches are slightlyeccentric at the back to the axis, and so formed that when the spring is driving forward the rollers will be pinched on the axle in the smaller radii of the notchcs,and will be slacked offin the larger radii when the gear is turned the other way for winding. By the construction of the pinion with these notches extending entirely through it, so that the teeth, the hole, and the notches may all be punched in one operation, the wheel may be made in the simplest manner, and by the combination of the washer with the frame-bar for keeping the clutch-rolls in position a much simpler and cheaper means is provided for the purpose than that heretofore made.

For the connection of the winding-key m with the winding-post, so that the machine may not be carelessly turned back to the damage of the spring, I use a socket-key that will turn on the post and a common rose-clutch, 3 formed, respectively, 011 the end of the socket and the hub of the winding-post.

What I claini,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the bed-plate hav' ing the slot and clip-tongues, of the frame for the motor-pivots, composed of the plates having angular end flanges and terminal parallel riveting-ears, also side flanges and connecting lugs, which side flanges are secured against the lower surface of the bed-plate by the cliptongues bent around said connecting-lugs, the ear-flanges of the front end of the frame being secured on the upper surface of said bed-plate, substantially as described.

2. The frame for the motor-pivots, composed of the plates having angular end flanges with terminal parallel riveting-ears,also side flanges and connecting-lugs for securing it to the bedplate, and also pivot-ears for the pivots and hind axle of the motor-train, in combination with the bed-plate having the slot and cliptongues, said side flanges and connecting-lugs being secured against the lower surface of the bed-plate by the clip-tongues of said plate bent around the connecting-lugs, the ear-flanges of the front end of the frame being secured on the upper surface of said plate, and the spring and master-wheel pivots located above and the pivots ofthe winding-up post and the driving-axle below the plane of said flanges, and connect inglugs, substantially as described.

3. In a spring-powerdriving mechanism for driving toy-carriages, the combination, with the transmitting-gear train and the carriageaxle, of the loose pinion on the axle gearing with said train,and having the eccentric rollernotches extending through the hub, the plane rollers located in said notches, the loose washer located on said axle, and the side plates of the frame, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

4. In a spring-power-driving mechanism for carriages, the spring connected positively with the stationary pivot of the master-wheel, and also positively connected with said wheel, in combination with the, transmitting-gear train having the winding-post arranged intermediately in the train to the master-Wheel and the disconnecting'clutch, and with said clutch located intermcdiately to the winding'post and axle or other shaft to be drawn, substantially as described.

CHARLES F. RITCHEL.

\Vitnesses:

W. J. llIORGAN, S. H. MORGAN. 

